celebrating victory day, that marks the day soviets destreeted nazi germany, and putin is putting on quite a show, even putting on a victory lap. he's not backing down. this is a world showcase. rudy giuliani said it's time for the allies to step up. they're not doing that, though. what's going on? >> putin is pushing the envelope as much as possible. just like, you know, like a child. and they don't stop until you really show some firmness and stop them. and i think he's probing. he's testing. i mean, probably the thing that concerns me the most is what's going on in latvia where you now have these pro-russian bands or gangs or whatever the heck you want to call them beginning to create protests in latvia. that gets to be very dangerous because latvia is a nato country, and we have a solemn obligation to defend them as though we were attacked. >> do you think he wants all the old republics back? >> anybody's guess, right? i think for certain, he wants an undue amount of influence over them so they're basically in russia's orbit. and that the west not interfere too much there. if the